Best South American players - Mid 30s This is the first version for the list in the 1933-36 era: Keepers VALDIVIESO, Juan (Per) – Alianza Lima BELLO, Fernando (Arg) - Independiente GUALCO, Sebastián (Arg) – Platense / San Lorenzo JAGUARÉ (Bra) – Corinthians / Barcelona / Sporting Lisboa BALLESTEROS, Enrique (Uru) – Rampla Jrs / Peñarol YUSTRICH, Elías (Arg) – Boca Jrs. BESUZZO, Juan (Uru) – Wanderers GARCÍA, Eduardo (Uru) - Nacional CORTÉS, Roberto (Chi) – Colo Colo Right Full-back NASAZZI, José (Uru) – Nacional TARRÍO, Óscar (Arg) – Newell’s / San Lorenzo IRIBARREN, Juan Carlos (Arg) – Chacarita FERNÁNDEZ, Arturo (Per) – Universitario CORTÉS, Ascanio (Chi) – Sport.Tocopilla / Audax Italiano GONZÁLEZ, José María (Arg) - Racing WILSON, Carlos (Arg) – Talleres/Unión SYLVIO Hofmann (Bra) – Peñarol / Sao Paulo / Botafogo CÓRDOVA, Jorge (Chi) – Magallanes Left Full-back DA GUÍA, Domingos (Bra) – Nacional / Vasco / Boca MUÑIZ, Agenor (Uru) – Wanderers CUELLO, Alberto (Arg) – River Plate JUNQUEIRA, José (Bra) – Palestra Italia DE SAA, Manuel (Arg) – Vélez / América Río COLETTA, Sabino (Arg) – Lanús / Talleres LAVALLE, Víctor Guarderas (Per) – Alianza Lima OLMEDO, Quiterio (Par) – Club Nacional CAZENAVE, Héctor (Uru) – Def.Sporting / Peñarol / Sochaux Right Half-Backs ZUNINO, Erebo (Uru) - Peñarol TOVAR, Carlos (Per) – Universitario DE JONGE, Rodolfo (Arg) - Independiente SANTAMARÍA, Carlos (Arg) – River Plate SBARRA, Roberto (Arg) - Estudiantes MONTERO, Juan (Chi) – Colo Colo LÓPEZ, Arcadio (Arg) – Sportivo Bs.As./Ferro TUNGA (Bra) – Palestra Itália ARANEDA, Enrique (Chi) –Audax Italiano Center Halfback MINELLA, José María (Arg) – Gimnasia / River Plate LAZZATTI, Ernesto (Arg) – Boca Jrs. FAUSTO dos Santos (Bra) – Young Fellow/Nacional/Vasco ANDREOLO, Miguel (Uru) – Nacional / Bologna TORRES, Arturo (Chi) – Magallanes / Colo Colo MARTIM da Silveira (Bra) – Boca Jrs. / Botafogo CASTILLO, Titina (Per) – Sport Boys FERNÁNDEZ, Lorenzo (Uru) – Peñarol CORAZZO, Juan Carlos (Uru) - Independiente RIVEROS, Guillermo (Chi) – La Cruz / Audax Italiano BRANDAO, José Augusto (Bra) – Portuguesa / Corinthians Left Half-Backs GESTIDO, Álvaro (Uru) - Peñarol SUÁREZ, Arico (Arg) – Boca Jrs. WERGIFKER, Aaron (Arg) – River Plate PÉREZ, Marcelino (Uru) - Nacional JORDÁN, Orestes (Per) – Universitario GORNALL, Guillermo (Chi) – Audax Italiano DE MARE, Antonio (Arg) - Racing CANALLI, Heitor (Bra) – Flamengo / Torino / Botafogo DENIS, Luis (Uru) – Wanderers Right Winger PEUCELLE, Carlos (Arg) – River Plate PORTA, Roberto (Uru) – Independiente / Ambrosiana LAVALLE, José María (Per) – Alianza Lima LAURI, Miguel Ángel (Arg) - Estudiantes FRIONE, Francisco (Uru) – Ambrosiana SORREL, Enrique (Chi) – Audax Italiano / Colo Colo LUIZINHO Oliveira (Bra) – Sao Paulo / Estudiantes SP / Palestra It. PIRIZ, Juan Emilio (Uru) – Defensor Sporting CAVADINI, Rubén (Arg) – San Lorenzo Inside Right VARALLO, Francisco (Arg) – Boca Jrs. SASTRE, Antonio (Arg) – Independiente CASTRO, Héctor (Uru) – Estudiantes / Nacional ZITO, Vicente (Arg) - Racing DUHART, Pedro (Uru) – Nacional / Sochaux CIOCCA, Aníbal (Uru) – Nacional WALDEMAR de Brito (Bra) – Sao Paulo / Botafogo / San Lorenzo NILO Braga (Bra) - Botafogo ANSELMO, Peregrino (Uru) - Peñarol MAYO, Iván (Chi) – Colo Colo / Vélez Sarsfield MAGALLANES, Adelfo (Per) – Alianza Lima Centreforward FERREYRA, Bernabé (Arg) – River Plate MASANTONIO, Herminio (Arg) – Huracán VILLANUEVA, Alejandro (Per) – Alianza Lima BENÍTEZ CÁCERES, Delfín (Par) – Boca Jrs ZOZAYA, Alberto (Arg) – Estudiantes CARVALHO LEITE (Bra) - Botafogo PETRONILO de Brito (Bra) – San Lorenzo FERNÁNDEZ, Teodoro (Per) – Universitario ERICO, Arsenio (Par) – Club Nacional / Independiente FEITICO (Bra) – Peñarol / Vasco ALCALDE, Jorge (Per) – Sport Boys Inside Left CHERRO, Roberto (Arg) – Boca Jrs. LEÓNIDAS da Silva (Bra) – Peñarol / Vasco / Botafogo / Flamengo FEDULLO, Francisco (Uru) – Bologna FERNÁNDEZ, Enrique (Uru) – Nacional / Barcelona SCOPELLI, Alejandro (Arg) – Estudiantes / AS Roma / Racing VARELA, Severino (Uru) – River-Uru / Peñarol GIÚDICE, Carlos (Chi) – Audax Italiano GARCÍA, Diego (Arg) – San Lorenzo DEVINCENZI, Alfredo (Arg) – Estudiantil Porteño / Ambrosiana VILLADÓNIGA, Segundo (Uru) - Peñarol CARMONA, Arturo (Chi) - Magallanes Left Winger GARCÍA, Enrique (Arg) – Rosario Central /Racing CASTRO, Braulio (Uru) - Peñarol PATESKO (Bra) – Nacional / Peñarol / Botafogo HÉRCULES (Bra) – Sao Paulo Floresta / Fluminense MORALES, José (Per) – Alianza Lima ARRIETA, Arturo (Arg) – San Lorenzo AVILÉS, Moisés (Chi) – Audax Italiano SCHENËEBERGER, Carlos (Chi) – Colo Colo FIGUEROA, Roberto (Uru) – Wanderers
Resume for Mid-30s list (v.1) 107 players listed = 9.7 players per position Players by country: Argentina - 34 Uruguay - 26 Brazil - 18 Chile - 14 Perú - 12 Paraguay - 3 Clubs by League: Argentina - 18 Brazil - 9 Uruguay - 6 Chile - 5 Italy - 4 Perú - 3 Paraguay - 1 Players by league*: Argentina - 38 Uruguay - 23 Brazil - 15 Chile - 15 Perú - 12 Italy - 5 Paraguay - 2 Clubs with more players: Peñarol - 13 Nacional - 11 Boca Jrs - 8 Botafogo - 8 Audax Italiano - 7 San Lorenzo - 7 Alianza Lima - 6 Independiente - 6 Colo Colo - 6 River Plate - 5 Estudiantes - 5 Racing - 5 Wanderers - 4 Universitario - 4 Sao Paulo - 4 Vasco - 4 ....... * Note: To determinate which league had been more represented, i follow this criteria. A player who stay all 3 years in one club = 1; in other cases count as 0.5
The most prominent SA sides in the mid 1930s -------------- champion ------- 2nd ----------- 3rd Arg 1933 --San Lorenzo --- Boca Jrs ------- Racing Arg 1934 --- Boca Jrs ---Independiente - San Lorenzo Arg 1935 ----Boca Jrs --- Independiente - San Lorenzo Arg 1936 ----- River ------ San Lorenzo ----- Racing Uru 1933 --- Nacional------- Peñarol ------ Rampla Jrs Uru 1934 --- Nacional------- Peñarol ------ Wanderers Uru 1935 ---- Peñarol------ Nacional ----- Rampla Jrs Uru 1936 ---- Peñarol---- Rampla Jrs ----- Nacional Car 1933 ---- Botafogo ----- Bangú Car 1934 ---- Botafogo ------ Vasco Car 1935 ---- Botafogo ----- América Car 1936 ------ Vasco ---- Fluminense Paul 1933 -- Palestra It. ----Sao Paulo Paul 1934 ---Palestra It. --- Sao Paulo Paul 1935 ----- Santos ----- Portuguesa Paul 1936 --- Palestra It. ---Portuguesa Per 1933 --Alianza Lima --Universitario Per 1934 -- Universitario --Alianza Lima Per 1935 --- Sport Boys --- Alianza Lima Per 1936 -----------not played Chi 1933 --- Magallanes ----- Colo Colo Chi 1934 --- Magallanes --Audax Italiano Chi 1935 --- Magallanes - Audax Italiano Chi 1936 ---- Audax Ital. --- Magallanes Par 1933 ---------- not played Par 1934 ---------- not played Par 1935 --- Cerro Porteño --Sol América Par 1936 ------ Olimpia ------- Atlántida Note: In 1933-34, Paraguayan league wasn't played due to war In 1936, peruvian league was cancelled due to Olympic Games participation.
Top-5 brazilians players by position, before WC'1934 http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1934/06/10/pagina-3/631871/pdf.html# Source: A Patria newspaper
I'll post soon the late 30s list. Maybe, @JGGott and @tpmazembe could make some insights to these lists (esp. the 1950s - 60s period). See post #1
Best South American players - Late 30s This is the first version for the list in the 1937-39 era: Keepers BELLO, Fernando (Arg) - Independiente HONORES, Juan (Per) – Universitario JAGUARÉ (Bra) – Olympique Marseille / Marítimo ESTRADA, Juan (Arg) – Huracán / Boca Jrs. BESUZZO, Juan (Uru) – Wanderers / River Plate GUALCO, Sebastián (Arg) – Chacarita / San Lorenzo YUSTRICH, Elías (Arg) – Boca Jrs. / Gimnasia BATATAIS (Bra) - Fluminense GARCÍA, Eduardo (Uru) – Nacional VALDIVIESO, Juan (Per) – Alianza Lima Right Full-back DA GUÍA, Domingos (Bra) – Boca / Flamengo CORTÉS, Ascanio (Chi) – Audax Italiano / River Plate SANGUINETTI, Manuel (Uru) – River Montevideo/Independiente CHAPPEL, Raúl (Per) – Sport Boys QUISPE, Juan (Per) – Alianza Lima FAZZIO, Luis (Arg) – Independiente / Nacional SEOANE, Arturo (Uru) - Wanderers CÓRDOVA, Jorge (Chi) – Magallanes INVERNIZZI, Antonio (Par) - Libertad Left Full-back MUÑIZ, Agenor (Uru) – Wanderers ALBERTI, Jorge (Arg) - Huracán FERNÁNDEZ, Arturo (Per) – Universitario CUELLO, Alberto (Arg) – River Plate MASCHERONI, Ernesto (Uru) - Peñarol COLETTA, Sabino (Arg) – Independiente CADILLA, Avelino (Uru) – River Montevideo MARANTE, José (Arg) – Boca Jrs. ROA, Humberto (Chi) – Audax Italiano Right Half-Backs ZUNINO, Erebo (Uru) - Peñarol MONTAÑEZ, Óscar (Arg) – Gimnasia SANTAMARÍA, Carlos (Arg) - Fluminense TOVAR, Carlos (Per) – Universitario ZEZÉ Procopio (Bra) – At.Mineiro / Botafogo SBARRA, Roberto (Arg) - Estudiantes BLOTTO, Héctor (Arg) – Vélez MONTERO, Juan (Chi) – Colo Colo AYALA, Diego (Par) - Libertad Center Halfback MINELLA, José María (Arg) – River Plate CASTILLO, Titina (Per) – Sport Boys LAZZATTI, Ernesto (Arg) – Boca Jrs. BRANDAO, José Augusto (Bra) – Corinthians GALVALISI, Eugenio (Uru) – Rampla Jrs / Nacional RIVEROS, Guillermo (Chi) – Audax Italiano FACCIO, Ricardo (Uru) - Nacional VILLALBA, Jacinto (Par) – Cerro Porteño GESTIDO, Álvaro (Uru) – Peñarol RODOLFI, Bruno (Arg) – River Plate Left Half-Backs SUÁREZ, Pedro “Arico” (Arg) – Boca Jrs. COLOMBO, Bartolomé (Arg) – San Lorenzo PÉREZ, Marcelino (Uru) - Vasco WERGIFKER, Aaron (Arg) – River Plate MARTÍNEZ, Celestino (Arg) - Independiente JORDÁN, Orestes (Per) – Universitario AFONSINHO (Bra) – Sao Cristovao PORTAL, Carlos (Per) – Sport Boys PONCE, Luis (Chi) – Magallanes Right Winger PORTA, Roberto (Uru) – Nacional PEUCELLE, Carlos (Arg) – River Plate SORREL, Enrique (Chi) – Colo Colo LUIZINHO Oliveira (Bra) – Palestra Itália GUAITA, Enrique (Arg) – Racing / Estudiantes CASTRO, Braulio (Uru) – Peñarol BARRIOS, Marcial (Par) – Olimpia / Huracán ALCALDE, Teodoro (Per) – Sport Boys MINISTRINHO (Bra) – Sao Paulo Inside Right LEÓNIDAS da Silva (Bra) – Flamengo VARELA, Severino (Uru) - Peñarol DE LA MATA, Vicente (Arg) – Independiente CIOCCA, Aníbal (Uru) – Nacional VARALLO, Francisco (Arg) – Boca Jrs. ROMEU Pelliciari (Bra) - Fluminense MAGALLANES, Adelfo (Per) – Alianza Lima VALDEMAR De Brito (Bra) – Flamengo / San Lorenzo CHIRIMINI, Óscar (Uru) – River Montevideo AVENDAÑO, José (Chi) - Magallanes Centreforward ERICO, Arsenio (Par) – Independiente FERNÁNDEZ, Teodoro "Lolo" (Per) – Universitario GARCÍA, Atilio (Arg) – Boca Jrs. / Nacional TORO, Raúl (Chi) – Santiago Wanderers ALCALDE, Jorge (Per) – Sport Boys / River Plate MASANTONIO, Herminio (Arg) - Huracán BENÍTEZ CÁCERES, Delfín (Par) – Boca Jrs. GONZÁLEZ, Aurelio (Par) – Olimpia PURICELLI, Héctor (Uru) – Central Español / Bologna CARVALHO Leite (Bra) – Botafogo DOMÍNGUEZ, Alfonso (Chi) – Badminton/U.Española/Colo Colo Inside Left SASTRE, Antonio (Arg) – Independiente MORENO, José Manuel (Arg) – River Plate TIM (Bra) – Fluminense VILLADÓNIGA, Segundo (Uru) – Peñarol / Vasco PERÁCIO, José (Bra) – Botafogo BALDONEDO, Emilio (Arg) – Huracán FEDULLO, Francisco (Uru) – Bologna CHERRO, Roberto (Arg) – Boca Jrs. ORTEGA, Miguel (Par) - Libertad ARANCIBIA, Carlos (Chi) – Colo Colo Left Winger GARCÍA, Enrique (Arg) – Racing PEDERNERA, Adolfo (Arg) – River Plate HÉRCULES (Bra) – Fluminense CAMAITI, Adelaido (Uru) – Peñarol PATESKO (Bra) – Botafogo MORALES, José (Per) – Alianza Lima EMEAL, Raúl (Arg) – Ferro / Vasco ARREGUI, Gabino (Arg) – Gimnasia FLOR, Martín (Par) – Cerro Porteño .
Resume for the Late-30s list (v.1) 105 players listed = 9.5 players per position Players by country: Argentina - 34 Uruguay - 21 Brazil - 16 Perú - 14 Chile - 11 Paraguay - 9 Clubs by League: Argentina - 10 Brazil - 9 Uruguay - 6 Chile - 6 Perú - 3 Paraguay - 3 Italy - 1 France - 1 Portugal - 1 Players by league*: Argentina - 36 Uruguay - 18 Brazil - 17 Perú - 13 Chile - 11 Paraguay - 7 Italy - 2 France - 1 Portugal - 1 Clubs with more players: River Plate - 10 Boca Jrs - 9 Independiente - 8 Peñarol - 7 Nacional - 7 Universitario - 5 Fluminense - 5 Huracán - 5 Botafogo - 4 Colo Colo - 4 ....... * Note: To determinate which league had been more represented, i follow this criteria. A player who stay all 3 years in one club = 1; in other cases count as 0.5
The most prominent SA sides in the late 1930s --------------- champion -------- 2nd ------------ 3rd Arg 1937 ------ River -----Independiente --- Boca Jrs Arg 1938--Independiente ----- River ------ San Lorenzo Arg 1939 - Independiente ----- River -------- Huracán Uru 1937 ----- Peñarol-------- Nacional ---- Wanderers Uru 1938 ----- Peñarol-------- Nacional - Central Español Uru 1939 ---- Nacional-------- Peñarol ----- Wanderers Car 1937 -- Fluminense ----- Flamengo Car 1938 -- Fluminense ----- Flamengo Car 1939 --- Flamengo ------- Botafogo Paul 1937 -- Corinthians ---Palestra Italia Paul 1938 --Corinthians ----- Sao Paulo Paul 1939 -- Corinthians ---Palestra Italia Per 1937 ----Sport Boys -----Alianza Lima Per 1938 ---- Municipal ------Sport Boys Per 1939 -- Universitario ----- Sucre FC Chi 1937 ---- Colo Colo -------Magallanes Chi 1938 --- Magallanes --- Audax Italiano Chi 1939 ---- Colo Colo -- Santiago Morning Par 1937 ----- Olimpia ----- Cerro Porteño Par 1938 ----- Olimpia ------Cerro Porteño Par 1939 -- Cerro Porteño ----- Olimpia .
I can help you out with 50's and 60's players, but previous to 1940's is a bit far from my radar. You seem to have forgotten Arthur Friedenreich (BRA), though: the first Brazilian football superstar, from when football was still an amateur sport in Brazil (it only became professional in 1933-4).
Thanks, will be nice, especially concerning brazilian players. About Friedenreich, he's on the early-30s list. But, i consider him more a 10's and 20's player.
I find this in my notes: Ideal XI for Copa America 1949 --------------------------------------------- S.GARCIA (Par) ------------------------ AUGUSTO (Bra) ---------------------- A.DA SILVA (Per) ----------------- ELI (Bra) -------------- A.GONZÁLES (Per) -------------- C.HEREDIA (Per) F.CASTILLO (Per) ----- ZIZINHO (Bra) ----- D.ARCE (Par) ----- JAIR (Bra) ----- SIMAO (Bra) Subs: Barbosa (Bra) - F.Fuentes (Per), Mauro (Bra) - G.Colunga (Per), Danilo (Bra), L.Calderón (Per) - Tesourinha (Bra), López Fretes (Par), Gómez Sánchez (Per), J.D.Benítez Cáceres (Par), E.Avalos (Par) Source: Equipo (peruvian magazine), june 1949. Made the selection, 9 brazilians, 8 peruvians, 5 paraguayans. Argentina withdrew and Uruguay sent a youth team http://www.rsssf.com/tables/49safull.html
Interesting no ademir, I know he missed some games but I figured he would still rate well especially after the final.
Yeah, I think the same when I've been posting it. I really don't know why, Ademir was in and out of the starting XI during the Copa America, but he clearly had an outstanding match in the final with a hat trick, also braces from Jair and Tesourinha. In RSSSF, gives to Ademir, the Best Player award. Another debatable choice as H.Herrera in 1953, when I crossing with my own sources. In this edition I had no ratings, but I guess for "Equipo" the MVP could be Jair (also topscorer) or may be Zizinho. At this point, I think Ademir hadn't an outstanding CA'49, at least not a "head and shoulders" performance above others centreforwards as Dionisio Arce (signed for Lazio after CA) or Carlos Gomez Sanchez (who also played a good CA in 1947).
The first thing that comes to mind, is because is a peruvian source. From what I know about the tournament, the debatable peruvian picks are Colunga, Fuentes and Calderón. Maybe due to low competition in performing for their spots. But in the context of the era, peruvian players were recognized in South America as the wizards of the continent, just like argentinians and brazilians, but lacked of other factors to perform better. I mean, I think could be safe to said that in those years peruvians players were better individually than paraguayans, more skilled. Btw, Paraguay had a golden era in those years too. Much more admirable, considering they changed their teams a lot with each subsequent tournament. I mean their local clubs couldn't retain the main players. During the 40s-50s Paraguay feeding with his stars, leagues as colombian, argentinian, brazilian, spanish, italian, etc. And despite of that (when in form) its ELO those years were around the top-10 NTs. http://www.eloratings.net/Paraguay.htm http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/greatest-generations-in-footballs-history.1381429/#post-21928874
Anything you could get further back would be amazing. I have always been really interested in who was rated as the top players for the three time champs from Argentina in 45, 46, 47.
I recently get an El Grafico issue, dated Feb.13, 1942, just ending the XIV Copa America edition. An All Star Team isn't mentioned but there are some interesting notes. Brazil played the most beautiful football, but lacked firepower to get a real chance to the title. The tournament was full of great keepers, these, alongside defensive players were the better players in this Copa America.
Copa América 1942: GOALIES. This tournament had very good goalies, some of them were excellent. Livingstone was brought from Chile due to bad performances of the starters and inmediately became the main star of the chilean squad. some notable matches were against Perú and Argentina. Also at first line, was the brazilian youngster Cajú, with very good performances, especially against Argentina, saving a very close shooting from Moreno. Other great goalkeepers were peruvian Honores with high efficiency throughtout the tournament and argentinian Gualco performing at his usual level (especially in the final). btw, in peruvian sources is also highly praised the only cap by Soriano vs Argentina, he received three goals but must be twenty if it were not by his outstanding performance (after that he was signed by River Plate). BACKS. Another position full of great performers. Brazil was rated as having the best defensive line, leading by star player Domingos, well coupled by Osvaldo. One of the best was peruvian Right Fullback, Quispe, constantly at good level. Among the chileans, played very good Salfate especially in the Pacific Derby. In the champion side, both Romero and Muñiz had a strong tourney. In Argentina was missed Alberti for the final match, meanwhile Salomón played inconsistently in the final. HALVES. Uruguayan halves line had a very good tournament, but played badly in the final, surpringsinly O.Varela too. Argentinian Perucca was rated as MotM in the final, that match was the best for argentinian halves, Esperón a regular perfomer and Ramos rising his level. The brazilian Brandao was one the stars of his side, very well complemented by Afonsinho and Dino. In Chile, Cabrera played well in the pacific derby. FORWARDS. The veteran Porta was the leading figure in the uruguan offensive, S.Varela was the dynamo and played injured in the final, Chirimini was important against Perú. In the argentine side, Moreno played good but not at his level in the final, also Masantonio had a good tournament but not at his best, meanwhile E.Garcia totally failed in the final. The better ofensive displays in a poor ofensive Copa were played in the brazilian side (El Grafico didn't mentioned anyone, but the famous names were Tim and Zizinho). One of the few notorious chilean was winger Riera. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/42safull.html
Tentative Copa America 1942 ideal XI, could be (some out of position): --------------------------------- Livingstone (Chi) ------------------------ Quispe (Per) --------- D.da Guia (Bra) ------------ Brandao (Bra) ------ O.Varela (Uru) --------------- Perucca (Arg) Porta (Uru) --- Moreno (Arg) --- Masantonio (Arg) --- S.Varela (Uru) --- Tim (Bra)
An interesting fact is that Chile used in this Copa a "new tactic" that tried to surprise the rivals, but get two trashing results instead. Note that in 1941, Colo colo won the chilean championship under coaching by Ferenc Platko, with the WM, playing Jose Pastene the WM centrehalf role, known as "Half Policia". Also Argentina was criticized by playing their Inside Forwards in a withdrawn role, far from the centreforward, the upfront man alongside the wingers. In fact most of the teams were criticized by the "lack of penetration" of their forwards.
Very interesting stuff, from some of the player descriptions it sounds as if Argentina may have outplayed Uruguay in the final, but were failed by the forwards. Interesting who got mentioned in the Uruguay front line. I would have thought Zapirain, Castro, and Ciocca all would have been mentioned. Especially Zapirain, who scored the winner vs Argentina that I remember being described as an excellent goal from distance. Interesting that Perucca outplayed the famous Uruguayan halves (Varela and Gambetta) in the final. Surprised they referred to it as a poor offensive Copa. I guess Peru and Chile had poor performances offensively, especially Peru when you consider some of the attacking players they had in the team. Also interesting that they singled out Brazil's forward line despite being comfortably outscored by both Uruguay and Argentina over the course of the tournament.
Uruguayan teams were the last ones (among top sides) performing the 2-3-5 system until mid 1950s, being Rodriguez Andrade a balanced wing-half in a three halves line. btw, all "best players list" I tried to listed in the current system that most South american teams used in that respective period placing top SA players in the role which fits better his current role by then.